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absorptivities

absorptivities is the plural of absorptivity.

Meaning of absorptivity

Noun

absorptivity (plural absorptivities)

  1. The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
  2. The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
  3. (analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.

Questions about absorptivities

What is absorptivities the plural of?
Absorptivities is the plural of absorptivity.

Words near absorptivities in the dictionary

  1. absorptions
  2. absorptive
  3. absorptively
  4. absorptiveness
  5. absorptives
  6. absorptivities
  7. absorptivity
  8. absorptometry
  9. absorvance
  10. absotively
  11. absotively posilutely

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